Disco Inferno
Sep. 9th, 2004 09:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pasitheaSo.. Yesterday I picked up Lori's animation disc and table. She had told me the disc was in bad shape and not to expect much.
It's an early-model acrylic chroma disc. The person who'd had it before her had used an incandescent bulb as a backlight so the milkglass (made of plexiglass) was slightly warped and the pegbars were jammed and one of them was broken in 2 pieces.
So I heated up the back plexy with my hair dryer then reshaped it using my trusty 1960 Websters Unabridged Dictionary. (I swear I use that thing more often as a tool than I do as a dictionary) Next I sanded down the good pegbar and half of the broken one, then pulled the cap on my 2mm drafting pencil sharpener and dropped some grapphite in the tracks and got the pegbars sliding properly. Put the desk back together, changed the lightbulb, and as soon as I get a new pegbar. (~$12 from Chroma) it'll be good as new.
So now I have 2 full 2D stations at my house plus an animation stand, plus all the computer stuff (digital ink and paint) I'm practically a studio. ^_^
It's an early-model acrylic chroma disc. The person who'd had it before her had used an incandescent bulb as a backlight so the milkglass (made of plexiglass) was slightly warped and the pegbars were jammed and one of them was broken in 2 pieces.
So I heated up the back plexy with my hair dryer then reshaped it using my trusty 1960 Websters Unabridged Dictionary. (I swear I use that thing more often as a tool than I do as a dictionary) Next I sanded down the good pegbar and half of the broken one, then pulled the cap on my 2mm drafting pencil sharpener and dropped some grapphite in the tracks and got the pegbars sliding properly. Put the desk back together, changed the lightbulb, and as soon as I get a new pegbar. (~$12 from Chroma) it'll be good as new.
So now I have 2 full 2D stations at my house plus an animation stand, plus all the computer stuff (digital ink and paint) I'm practically a studio. ^_^
ah i knew you were crafty
Date: 2004-09-09 10:00 pm (UTC)btw, nice site. took me long enough to finally check it out again...
Happy animating
crashhappy.blogspot.com
Re: ah i knew you were crafty
Date: 2004-09-10 12:35 am (UTC)Ya. I guess I'm kind of obsessive compulsive when I have a project. Also, I had an immediate need to put it into action since I'm gonna try to con my friend Jon (
Thanks again and if you ever get lonely for it, you're more than welcome to stop by and visit. :)
PS: Lori, Peggy. Peggy, Lori. ^_^